The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 13, March 30, 2003, Article 17

UNIVERSITY NUMISMATICS

  Gar Travis,  Communications Coordinator for the ANA
  Sub-committee on Numismatics in Post Secondary
  Institutions writes: "Notre Dame is on the "list" for the ANA
  subcommittee on  Numismatics in Post Secondary Institutions,
  we did not publish all of the universities as we have many on
  the list, simply showing only a representative few.  We have
  shared many e-mails and ideas with Louis Jordan, Special
  Collections curator at Notre Dame and of course we have
  also established contacts within the American Numismatic
  Society.

  There was mention to our committee chairman of two courses
  that were mentioned on the University of Michigan web site.
  Well, they are there for all to see, but the courses have not
  been offered for many years...the last time being when Ted
  Buttrey was an instructor there.

  Ray Flanigan writes: "Numismatics in Colleges and Universities
  generated more responses that we had envisioned. As many
  of your readers correctly pointed out Notre Dame does indeed
  have a world class collection and was on our list and somehow
  inadvertently omitted when the article was written.   Not only
  does this fine collection, curated by Lou Jordan, contain
  Colonial and early American coins but also Colonial Currency,
  Washington Tokens, Confederate Currency, 19th Century
  American Tokens, a complete type set of regular issue US coins,
  Conder Tokens, Franklin Mint and modern commemorative issues.
  Several readers also pointed out that Dr. Alan Stahl taught a
  course at Notre Dame this past summer.  The course was
  Medieval Coinage and Money under the aegis of the Medieval
  Institute, but the University does not offer a regularly scheduled
  course in numismatics.

  Concerning the ANS, the subcommittee has been in contact
  with the ANS and believes that there is no overlap in goals or
  objectives.  The ANS summer seminars are aimed at
  postgraduate and postdoctoral students.  The subcommittee
  is trying to promote the study of numismatics at the
  undergraduate level (thus providing students for the ANS
  program) and reader suggestions on ways to promote this
  goal would be most appreciated.  They can be sent to
  RFlanigan@ec.rr.com.  Success in this area might be reflected
  in some more scholarly articles in The Numismatist or The
  Asylum.  The Aegean wine trade, we'll leave to the Oenologists."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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